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“A man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.”
― The Well of Ascension
― The Well of Ascension
“What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself”
― In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong
― In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong
“So do boys and men announce their intentions. They cover you like a sarcophagus lid. And call it love.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
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“Historical fact: People stopped being people in 1913. That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his workers adopt the speed of the assembly line. At first, workers rebelled. They quit in droves, unable to accustom their bodies to the new pace of the age. Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we've all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joy-sticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds.”
― Middlesex
― Middlesex
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